The Emperor Fountain Chatsworth, England
Listed Building Data
The Emperor Fountain has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1334719
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 19 June 1987
- Name
- THE EMPEROR FOUNTAIN
- Location
- THE EMPEROR FOUNTAIN
- Parish
- Chatsworth
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- County
- Derbyshire
- Grid Reference
- SK 26022 69842
- Easting
- 426022.0000
- Northing
- 369842.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
PARISH OF CHATSWORTH CHATSWORTH GARDENS SK 2669 6/58 The Emperor Fountain GV II Fountain and pair of sculptures. 1843-4 by Paxton and Holmes, for the Sixth Duke of Devonshire. Sandstone and ashlar. The fountain is situated at the north end of the Canal Pond dug in 1703. The metal jet is surrounded by irregularly placed boulders. To the north are two sandstone sculptures of reclining figures. The fountain can throw a jet to a height of 290 feet, and was built to honour the projected visit to Chatsworth of Tzar Nicholas of Russia. The Gardens and Park are included on the Gardens Register at Grade I. Sources: G F Chadwick , The Works of Joseph Paxton, Architectural Press 1961.
Listing NGR: SK2602269842
